Spinach and Beet Salad with Goat Cheese

I never used to be a salad person. I would eat it and enjoy it, but I never really sought it out or really appreciated it. It wasn’t until I couldn’t eat salad that I started to crave it and get more creative with salad. Crohn’s has kept me away from raw vegetables on and off at different spurts in my life. So here I am now, Crohn’s free, and taking full advantage of this lull in my life. Summer has come on with full force and with that, we have some beautiful veggies showing up in the markets. Baby spinach is one of my favorite greens. You may have noticed that it shows up in some of my favorite dishes.

Since it’s summer time, I like to eat more fresh dishes that don’t require heating up the house.

I think it was my sister that introduced me to this Spinach and Beet Salad with Chèvre and Walnuts. I ate it on one of my visits back home to Minneapolis. Since then, I order this salad on whatever menu I see it on. I decided to make it myself. I had recently received some beautiful beets in the CSA and I had everything else in the fridge.

The spinach I used in this salad was prewashed and ready to go. I roasted some beets and I toasted some walnuts in the oven.

I served the salad with a red wine, basil and shallot vinaigrette that I quickly whipped up in my Cuisinart Mini-Prep processor.

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Hi, I’m Hindy! Confident Cook, Hesitant Baker is a place to catalog all of the goodies I cook up in my kitchen. I love to experiment and have eclectic food tastes. I try and stick to a vegetarian diet, while the family eats the animals. I keep a kosher home and I like to push the boundaries of tradition. Welcome to my journey!

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